Published inFuture Factory·May 10, 2021Case Study: The Future FactoryCollectively building a brighter future — This medium post is part of the class Designing Experiences for Learning, taught in Spring 2021 at Carnegie Mellon University by Stacie Rohrbach. The Team13 min read13 min read
Published inDesigning Organisations for Sustainable Futures·May 4, 2021Week 13 Reflection🔷 Character and the arts and disciplines” by Richard McKeon pp.109–123. What I found most interesting about this reading is that McKeon introduces us to different types of art: Firstly, the art of recovery and interpretation — which means understanding facts and knowing when to apply them. In order to…Reflections2 min readReflections2 min read
Published inDesigning Organisations for Sustainable Futures·May 4, 2021Week 12 Reflection🔷 George Lowenstein & Moene on “How mattering maps shape behavior” In this reading, Lowenstein and Moene introduce mattering maps. Mattering maps help us think about what is valued amongst a group of people. They discuss the different types of mattering maps such as individual, groups (e.g. organizational, schools, family)…Reflections2 min readReflections2 min read
Published inFuture Factory·Apr 25, 202104/20 Prototyping & User Testing Plan🔷 Value Flow: — Before starting prototyping, we talked about how the competition aspect of our learning experience will be structured and what the value flow will look like. We imagine that organizations sponsor monthly future prompts that are then presented on our platform. In return, organizations receive a portfolio of ideas generated by…7 min read7 min read
Published inFuture Factory·Apr 13, 202104/13 Experience Scenario — Framing the Future🔷 Overview — What is Framing the Future? Our learning experience targets students between the ages of 17 and 23. We imagine our experience to be introduced in class: either to seniors in high school or first and second-year college students. Many of them dream of having an impact on…4 min read4 min read
Published inDesigning Organisations for Sustainable Futures·Apr 12, 2021Assignment 3 — Organisational ChangeChanging the campus carbon footprint — As a class, the goal for this assignment is to come up with a product portfolio that reduces the carbon footprint of CMU’s campus by 50%. 🔷 Step 1: Brainstorm & map campus pet peeves a) VentReflections12 min readReflections12 min read
Published inDesigning Organisations for Sustainable Futures·Apr 5, 2021Week 9 Reflection🔷 In-class lecture — Why Universities Can Lead by Example | Dr. Troy Hammond The main barriers to change according to Dr. Hammond are: Time — did the business owner have confidence they would be around to reap the benefits. Expertise — are the savings really going to be…Reflections2 min readReflections2 min read
Published inFuture Factory·Mar 30, 202103/25 Blockbusting & working session🔷 Before class reading — Blockbusting As preparation for class, we read Chapter 7 different kinds of Blockbusters by Adams. Blockbusters are “techniques to force thoughts that would otherwise not occur”. I think our learning experience is actually about teaching our learners some of these methods. For example, CLA or…4 min read4 min read
Published inDesigning Organisations for Sustainable Futures·Mar 30, 2021Week 8 Reflection🔷 Adam Kahane at Ci2012 — “Transformative Scenario Planning” My main takeaway from this video is the transformative power of a story. But also how slow change can be, 16 years passed from the time the workshop was held to the signing of the Colombian peace Agreement. However, I…Reflections2 min readReflections2 min read
Published inFuture Factory·Mar 19, 202103/17 — Motivation, the Magic Circle, and midterm presentations🔷 Presentation feedback: Overall the concept and direction are well received. Our classmates seem to understand the value of teaching these skills. There are a few things we need to define more clearly and possibly revisit. Such as:3 min read3 min read
